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FOUNDERS Arthur Mitchell Karel Shook ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Virginia Johnson BALLET MASTER Marie Chong

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Anna Glass INTERIM GENERAL MANAGER Melinda Bloom

DANCE ARTISTS Lindsey Donnell Yinet Fernandez Alicia Mae Holloway Alexandra Hutchinson Daphne Lee Crystal Serrano Ingrid Silva Amanda Smith Stephanie Rae Williams Derek Brockington Darius Crenshaw Kouadio Davis Da’Von Doane Dustin James Choong Hoon Lee Christopher McDaniel Anthony Santos Dylan Santos Anthony V. Spaulding II

Support for Dance Theatre of Harlem’s 2019–2020 professional Company and National Tour activities made possible in part by: Anonymous; The Arnhold Foundation; Bloomberg Philanthropies; The Dauray Fund; Doris Duke Charitable Foundation; Elephant Rock Foundation; Ford Foundation; Ann & Gordon Getty Foundation; Harkness Foundation for Dance; Howard Gilman Foundation; The Dubose & Dorothy Heyward Memorial Fund; The Klein Family Foundation; John L. McHugh Foundation; Margaret T. Morris Foundation; National Endowment for the Arts; New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature; New England Foundation for the Arts, National Dance Project; Tatiana Piankova Foundation; May and Samuel Rudin Family Foundation; The Shubert Foundation; The Thompson Family Foundation; and Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation.

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DANCE THEATRE OF HARLEM FIFTY YEARS OF DANCE THEATRE OF HARLEM The past half century of Dance Theatre of Harlem is a landscape of peaks and valleys inhabited by a race of dreamers, achievers, and yes, history makers. DTH co-founder Arthur Mitchell was all of the above as well as premier danseur, choreographer, and teacher. We used to call him “our fearless leader” because he marched forward never thinking that what he sought to do would have been impossible for anyone else. His passing in September has left us bereft but determined that the institution he and Karel Shook incorporated on February 11, 1969, will endure and thrive.

Arthur Mitchell believed in the power of art to change lives and open minds. The DTH Company, School, and “Dancing Through Barriers,” our arts education program, became the manifestation of that idea. While the School and DTB served the Harlem community, with the Company, Arthur Mitchell was able to take his vision across the globe. The DTH Company, a mix of African Americans like me, Hispanics, Asians and Caucasians, was a vivid demonstration of the premise that the art form of classical ballet belongs to us all.

The social impact of Dance Theatre of Harlem’s national and international touring over these 50 years is often noted, but as significant is the depth and breadth of the company’s artistic prowess. With a repertoire that ranges from Mitchell’s own neoclassical works (he learned his craft at George Balanchine’s knee, after all), historic Ballet Russes, classics such as Scheherazade and Prince Igor, to great American narrative works such as Billy The Kid, Fall River Legend, and the groundbreaking productions of Creole Giselle and Firebird that linger in the collective consciousness, throughout its history Dance Theatre of Harlem has expanded the notion of what ballet could be.

Yes, there have been valleys along the way and, like the phoenix, Dance Theatre of Harlem rose again and again because the expression we bring to the art form is unique and necessary. The milestone of 50 is not an endpoint but a marker along the way. We glance backward at this moment, but our eyes are on the future.

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Choreography: Stanton Welch Music: Antonio Vivaldi Costume Design: Holly Hynes Lighting Design: Andrew DG Hunt Staging: Sean Kelly Costumes by arrangement with Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre AMANDA SMITH

ANTHONY SANTOS

ALICIA MAE HOLLOWAY

DEREK BROCKINGTON

STEPHANIE RAE WILLIAMS

DYLAN SANTOS

/ Intermission / CHANGE

(World Premiere February 2, 2016) Choreography: Dianne McIntyre Traditional music: Spelman College Glee Club Directed by Dr. Kevin Johnson and B. E. Boykin Original music: Eli Fountain Costume Design: Oran Bumroongchart Lighting Design: Alex Fabozzi This work is inspired by women—Black, Brown and Beige—who have refashioned the neighborhood, the country, the world through their vision, courage, and endurance. Often unsung, inconspicuous or up-front, these individuals could be called warriors for change.

LINDSEY DONNELL

DAPHNE LEE

INGRID SILVA

A note about the costumes: The women in this ballet wear leotards constructed of a creative patchwork of tights worn by former dancers with Dance Theatre of Harlem, thus they perform clothed in the legacy of their predecessors.

/ Pause / THIS BITTER EARTH©

(World Premiere: August 6, 2012, DTH Premiere March 10, 2018) Choreography: Christopher Wheeldon

Music: Clyde Otis Costumes: Katy Freeman Lighting: Will Cotton CRYSTAL SERRANO

CHOONG HOON LEE

“Choreographer Christopher Wheeldon’s sublime pas de deux, This Bitter Earth is set to a mashup of Max Richter’s minimalist “On the Nature of Daylight” and Dinah Washington’s soulful rendition of the 1960s Rhythm and Blues hit, “This Bitter Earth.” The resulting brief encounter between a man and a woman leads one to believe that “…this bitter earth may not be so bitter after all.”

Music performed by Max Richter & Dinah Washington Permission by special arrangement with Mute Song Ltd. and Third Side Music Inc.

/ Intermission / BALAMOUK

(World Premiere October 5th, 2018) Choreography: Annabelle Lopez Ochoa Music: Les Yeux Noirs, Lisa Gerrard, René Aubry Costume Design: Mark Zappone Lighting Design: Les Dickert INGRID SILVA

DARIUS CRENSHAW

ALEXANDRA HUTCHINSON

DEREK BROCKINGTON

YINET FERNANDEZ

CHRISTOPHER CHARLES

DAPHNE LEE

MCDANIEL

LINDSEY DONNELL

KOUADIO DAVIS

DUSTIN JAMES

Commissioned by New York City Center for the Fall For Dance Festival, the development of Balamouk was supported through 50th anniversary commissioning support provided by the Seattle Theater Group and by the Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation through Dance Theatre of Harlem’s Women Who Move Us Initiative. Support for new dance works at City Center is provided by the Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation and Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.

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PROGRAM DEREK BROCKINGTON Born: Chicago, IL. Training: Grand Rapids Ballet School, Interlochen Arts Academy, Ballet West and Pennsylvania Ballet Summer Intensives. Professional Experience: Dance Theatre of Harlem (second season), Cincinnati Ballet, Grand Rapids Ballet. Repertoire includes works by George Balanchine, Anabelle Lopez Ochoa, and Kirk Peterson.

DARIUS CRENSHAW Born: Cincinnati, OH. Training: Cincinnati School for the Creative and Performing Arts, Cincinnati Ballet, School of American Ballet. Professional Experience: New York City Ballet, Los Angeles Ballet, and LA Opera. Broadway credits include The Color Purple, Phantom of the Opera, Motown, The Musical.

LINDSEY DONNELL Born: Midland, TX. Training: A Petite Dance Studio, Midland Festival Ballet under Susan Clark.

Education: cum laude graduate of Butler University, degree in Dance Arts Administration and Journalism. Professional Experience: Dance Theatre of Harlem (eighth season), Nashville Ballet (trainee). Repertoire includes works by Robert Garland, Nacho Duato, Ulysses Dove, George Balanchine, Donald Byrd, Elena Kunikova and Dianne McIntyre.

KOUADIO DAVIS Born: Oneonta, NY. Training: Holbrook-Wade School of Dance, Fokine Ballet, New York State Summer School of the Arts with Daniel Ulbricht, NYCB. Carolyn Adams. Alvin Ailey, Nutmeg Ballet, Charlotte Ballet, Alonzo King Lines, French Academie of Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet, and Springboard Danse Montreal.

Awards: Youth America Grand Prix in 2017 and 2018, where he and his partner won second and then first place in the contemporary Pas de Deux category. Professional Experience: Dance Theatre of Harlem (first season).

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DA’VON DOANE Born: Salisbury, MD. Training: Salisbury Studio of Dance (now Salisbury Dance Academy), Betty Webster, Tatiana AkinfievaSmith, and Elena Manakhova, Atlantic Contemporary Ballet Theatre, Eastern Shore Ballet Theatre, Kirov Academy of Ballet, and Atlantic Contemporary Ballet Theatre. Named 2014 Dance Magazines one of “25 to Watch”. Professional experience: Dance Theatre of Harlem (eighth season), Claudia Schreier & Company, Ballet Noir and Classical Contemporary Ballet Theater.

Repertoire includes works by George Balanchine, Christopher Huggins, Arthur Mitchell, Billy Wilson and Donald Byrd. Da’Von is a rising Choreographer.

YINET FERNANDEZ Born: Mariano’ La Habana, Cuba. Training: Provincial School of the Arts, National School of Ballet, Ballet Nacional de Cuba. Professional experience: Dance Theatre of Harlem (third season), Connecticut Ballet, Ballet Nacional de Cuba. Repertoire includes: Sleeping Beauty, The Nutcracker, Swan Lake, Giselle, Coppélia, La Fille mal gardée, Don Quixote and works

by George Balanchine, Robert Garland, Christopher Wheeldon, Darrell Grand Moultrie and Dianne McIntyre.

ALICIA MAE HOLLOWAY Born: Morgantown, WV. Training: Kat and Company Studio, Morgantown Dance Studio with Desiree Witt, Lauren Stone, Marilyn Pipes, Eunice Kim, and Robert Steele, and School of American Ballet with Suki Schorer, Suzy Pilarre, Darci Kistler, Kay Mazzo, and Jock Soto.

Professional experience: Dance Theatre of Harlem (fifth season) and Suzanne Farrell Ballet (apprentice) Repertoire includes works by George Balanchine, Robert Garland, Dianne McIntyre, Ulysses Dove, Nacho Duato and Arthur Mitchell.

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PROGRAM ALEXANDRA HUTCHINSON Born: Wilmington, DE. Training: The Washington School of Ballet, Wilmington Academy of Dance, Summer intensives with Alvin Ailey, Alonzo King, Carolina Ballet, Ballet Chicago, and Nashville Ballet. Education: Bachelor of Science in Ballet, Indiana University. Professional Experience: Dance Theatre of Harlem (second season), Nashville Ballet. Repertoire includes: Sleeping Beauty, The Nutcracker, Western Symphony, Swan Lake, Concerto Barocco and Giselle.

DUSTIN JAMES Born: New Orleans, LA. Training: Houston School for the Performing Arts, Houston Ballet. Professional Experience: Dance Theatre of Harlem (forth season), Sumin Ballet, BalletMet Columbus, Sierra Nevada Ballet, Midland Festival Ballet. Repertoire includes works by Anabelle Lopez Ochoa, Michael Sumin, Stanton Welch, Jiri Killian, Helen Pickett, Dwight Rhoden, Ma Cong, Ulysses Dove and Robert Garland.

CHOONG HOON LEE Born: Seoul, South Korea. Training: Korean National University of Arts and School of American Ballet. Early experience: semifinalist, Varna International Ballet Competition, Gwanju International Competition (gold medal in Pas de Deux).

Professional experience: Dance Theatre of Harlem (fifth season), Mariinsky Ballet, Korean National Ballet, Complexions Contemporary Ballet, and New York Theatre Ballet. Repertoire includes works by Robert Garland and Ulysses Dove, and soloist roles in Othello, Don Quixote, Swan Lake, Cinderella, Spartacus, Paquita, Le Corsaire, and Giselle.

DAPHNE LEE Rahway, NJ. Training: Rahway Dance Theatre, Dance Theatre of Harlem School. Education: BFA in Dance, Fordham University. Professional

Experience: Dance Theatre of Harlem, Collage Dance Collective, Oakland Ballet, Alvin Ailey II, Black Iris Project. Repertoire includes works by Jessica Lang, Benoit Swan-Pouffer, Darrell Grand Moultrie, among others. Daphne is currently a MFA candidate at Hollins University.

CHRISTOPHER CHARLES MCDANIEL Born: East Harlem, NY. Training: Dance Theatre of Harlem School, LaGuardia School of Performing Arts, Ballet Academy East, Boston Ballet, Jacob’s Pillow. Professional Experience: Dance Theatre of Harlem (third season), Ballet San Antonio, Los Angeles Ballet.

Repertoire includes works by Robert Garland, Ulysses Dove, Darryl Grand Moultrie, Coleen Neary, Thordal Christensen, George Balanchine, Christopher Stowell and Kitty McNamee.

ANTHONY SANTOS Born: New York, NY. Training: Alvin Ailey School, North Carolina School of the Arts. Professional experience: Dance Theatre of Harlem (third season), Zest Collective, and Caitlin Trainor Dance. Repertoire includes works by Darrell Grand Moultrie, Robert Garland and Nacho Duato.

DYLAN SANTOS Born: São Paulo, Brazil. Training: Centro de Artes Pavilhao D under Ricardo Scheir and Harid Conservatory. Professional experience: Dance Theatre of Harlem (sixth season), Houston Ballet trainee, Orlando Ballet, Joffrey Ballet, Ballet Chicago, and Paris Opera Ballet. Repertoire includes works by George Balanchine, Nacho Duato, Robert Garland, and Ulysses Dove, and Marius Petipa.

CRYSTAL SERRANO Born: Denver, CO. Training: Pacific Northwest Ballet, School of American Ballet, Olympic Ballet Theatre. Professional experience: Dance Theatre

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ARTISTS’ PROFILES of Harlem (third season), Ballet San Antonio, Oregon Ballet Theatre, Sacramento Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet. Repertoire includes: Don Quixote, The Nutcracker, Peter Pan, Firebird, Donizetti Variations, Cinderella, The Four Temperaments, Allegro Brillante, The Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, Serenade, La source, Valse Fantasie, Swan Lake and works

by Robert Garland, Christopher Wheeldon and Darrell Grand Moultrie.

INGRID SILVA Born: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Training: Projeto Dan-cando Para Nao Dancar, Escola de Danca Maria Olenewa, and Centro de Movimento Debora Colker.

Education: Universidade da Cidade. Professional experience: Dance Theatre of Harlem (eighth season), Grupo Corpo (apprentice), Dance Theatre of Harlem Ensemble, Dancado Para Nao Dancar, Armitage Gone! Dance, and the Francesca Harper Project. Repertoire includes works by Arthur Mitchell, Donald Byrd, George Balanchine, Dianne McIntyre, John Alleyne, Darrel Grand Moultrie, Francesca Harper, Robert Garland, David Fernandez, Carol Armitage, Deborah Colker and Rodrigo Pederneiras.

AMANDA SMITH Born: Orange County, CA. Training: Charlotte Ballet, SUNY Purchase, Joffrey Ballet School, Anaheim Ballet, Pointe of Grace, Ballet Pacifica.

Professional Experience: Dance Theatre of Harlem (third season), Charlotte Ballet, New York Theatre Ballet, Black Iris Project. Repertoire includes works by George Balanchine, Mark Diamond, Sasha James, Dwight Rhoden, Alonzo King, Jiri Killian, Dianne McIntyre and Helen Pickett.

ANTHONY V. SPAULDING Born: Phoenix, AZ. Training: Dance Incorporated, Ballet Arizona, San Francisco Ballet.

Professional Experience: soloist, San Francisco Ballet, Dance Theatre of Harlem (second

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season). Special awards: 2001 Youth America Grand Prix finalist (age 15), 2002 Russian Pointe Ballet Competition Gold Medal winner, 2016 Boys & Girls Club Alumni Award. Repertoire includes: Giselle, The Nutcracker, Don Quixote, Allegro Brillante, Four Temperaments, Serenade, and works by Yuri Possokhov, Agnes de Mille, Jerome Robbins, Christopher Wheeldon.

STEPHANIE RAE WILLIAMS Born: Salt Lake City, Utah. Training: Dallas Dance Academy with Lyndette Galen and Fiona Fairrie, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Springboard Danse Montreal, The Juilliard School, Alonzo King’s LINES Ballet, and Houston Ballet Academy.

Professional experience: Dance Theatre of Harlem (eighth season), The Francesca Harper Project, Complexions Contemporary Dance Company, Ballet Black, and Texas Ballet Theatre.

Special Awards: The Dallas Dance Council’s 2017 Natalie Skelton Award, 2013 Dance Magazine “On the Rise”, 2006 National Foundation for the Arts Award, 2006 Youth America Grand Prix finalist, and 2004 Texas Commission on the Arts Young Master. Repertoire includes works by Arthur Mitchell, Donald Byrd, George Balanchine, John Alleyne, Dianne McIntyre, Darrel Grand Moultrie, Francesca Harper, Liam Scarlett, Robert Garland, and David Fernandez.

VIRGINIA JOHNSON (Artistic Director) A founding member of Dance Theatre of Harlem, Virginia Johnson was one of its principal ballerinas over a career that spanned nearly 30 years. After retiring in 1997, Ms. Johnson went on to found Pointe Magazine and was editor-in chief for 10 years.

A native of Washington, D.C., Ms. Johnson began her training with Therrell Smith. She studied with Mary Day at the Washington School of Ballet and graduated from the Academy of the Washington School of Ballet and went on to be a University Scholar in the School of the Arts at New York University before joining Dance Theatre of Harlem.

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ARTISTS’ PROFILES Virginia Johnson is universally recognized as one of the great ballerinas of her generation and is perhaps best known for her performances in the ballets Giselle, A Streetcar Named Desire, and Fall River Legend. She has received such honors as a Young Achiever Award from the National Council of Women, Outstanding Young Woman of America and the Dance Magazine Award, a Pen and Brush Achievement Award, the Washington Performing Arts Society’s 2008–2009 Pola Nirenska Lifetime Achievement Award and the 2009 Martha Hill Fund Mid-Career Award.

ARTHUR MITCHELL (Co-Founder) Arthur Mitchell was known around the world for creating and sustaining the Dance Theatre of Harlem, the internationally acclaimed ballet company he co-founded with Karel Shook in 1969. Following a brilliant career as a principal artist with the New York City Ballet, Mr. Mitchell dedicated his life to changing perceptions and advancing the art form of ballet through the first permanently established African American and racially diverse ballet company.

Born in New York City in 1934, Mr. Mitchell began his dance training at New York City’s High School of the Performing Arts, where he won the coveted annual dance award and subsequently a full scholarship to the School of American Ballet. In 1955, he became the first male African American to become a permanent member of a major ballet company when he joined New York City Ballet. Mr. Mitchell rose quickly to the rank of Principal Dancer during his fifteen-year career with New York City Ballet and electrified audiences with his performances in a broad spectrum of roles. Upon learning of the death of Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and with financial assistance from Mrs. Alva B. Gimbel, the Ford Foundation and his own savings, Mr. Mitchell founded Dance Theatre of Harlem with his mentor and ballet instructor Karel Shook.

With an illustrious career that has spanned over fifty years, Mr. Mitchell is the recipient of the

Kennedy Center Honors, a National Medal of the Arts, a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship, the New York Living Landmark Award, the Handel Medallion, the NAACP Image Award, and more than a dozen honorary degrees.

Karel Shook (Co-Founder) Played a key role as teacher and mentor to African American dance artists in New York in the 1950s. In addition to cofounding Dance Theatre of Harlem with Arthur Mitchell in 1969, he also was a ballet master, choreographer and author.

Born in 1920, Mr. Shook was a native of Renton, Washington. Encouraged to study ballet, at age 13 he was a protégé of Nellie Cornish and received a scholarship to the Cornish School of Allied Arts in Seattle. While his performance career was brief, he appeared on Broadway and also danced with the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo and New York City Ballet. Mr. Shook’s brief performance career led to teaching and choreographing, mainly in Europe but also in New York. In the early 50s he opened Studio Arts, one of the few dance studios in the city where African Americans could study ballet. Among his students were Carmen de Lavallade, Pearl Primus, Geoffrey Holder, Louis Johnson, Alvin Ailey, and Arthur Mitchell, who first came to him at age 17. Mr. Shook left New York in 1959 to become the ballet master of the Dutch National Ballet, where he was when his former student, Arthur Mitchell, asked him to return to New York to help create the Dance Theatre of Harlem. Mr. Shook was an advocate of the universality of classical ballet. His book, Elements of Classical Ballet explores the development of classical ballet in such countries across the globe as China, Turkey, Iran, Japan, Cuba, and Mexico. In 1980 he was awarded the United States Presidential Award for “Excellence and Dedication in Education.”

Marie Chong (Ballet Master) Marie Chong is founding director of ARC Dance Company in Seattle, WA where she commissioned new work and re-staged pieces by choreographers such as Edwaard Liang, Wen

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ARTISTS’ PROFILES Wei Wang, and Alex Ketley. Her choreography has been presented at Seattle International Dance Festival, Men in Dance, Arts Umbrella, and ARC Dance Company. She was the Artistic Assistant/Director for Cirque du Soleil’s touring show KOOZA and integrated new artists into other shows at the company’s headquarters in Montreal. Chong has also worked with Disney Theatrical Group as a teaching artist. She is honored to join the Dance Theater of Harlem’s artistic team.

ROBERT GARLAND (Resident Choreographer) ”Robert Garland was a member of the Dance Theatre of Harlem Company achieving the rank of principal dancer. After creating a work for the DTH School Ensemble, Arthur Mitchell invited Robert Garland to create a work for The Dance Theatre of Harlem Company and appointed him the organization’s first Resident Choreographer.

He is also Director of the Professional Training Program of the DTH school, and the organization’s webmaster.

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ANNA GLASS (Executive Director) Anna has been involved in the performing arts as both an artist and arts administrator for over twenty years. She produced Carmen de Lavallade’s solo show, As I Remember It, an intimate portrait of this legendary artist. Anna previously served as the Managing Director of 651 ARTS, a presenting/producing arts organization dedicated to celebrating contemporary performing arts of the African Diaspora. While at 651 ARTS, she co-produced numerous projects, including the highly regarded national tour of FLY: Five First Ladies of Dance.

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FRIENDS OF ONSTAGE OGDEN Onstage Ogden thanks the following individuals, corporations, foundations, and public funding sources for their generous donations! Onstage Ogden is an exempt organization as described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. The following is a list of contributors from June 2019 through August 2019. Please contact Onstage Ogden’s Executive Director, Melissa Klein, at 801-399-9214 if you would like to make a donation or if your name has been inadvertently left off the following list or is misspelled. Thank you again for your generous support!

Season Sponsor ($90,000+) Stewart Education Foundation

Series Sponsor ($20,000+) Alan & Jeanne Hall Foundation Norman C. & Barbara L. Tanner Charitable Trust Val A. Browning Foundation

Concert Sponsor ($10,000+) George S. & Dolores Doré Eccles Foundation

Robert & Marcia Harris Ogden City Arts MSL Foundation

Diamond ($5,000–$9,999)

Dr. Robert Fudge & Sylvia Newman

Weber County RAMP

Weber State University Lindquist College of Arts & Humanities Zions Bank

Pinto Family Foundation Richard K. & Shirley S. Hemingway Foundation Utah Division of Arts & Museums

Thomas & Stephanie Moore

Platinum ($2,500–$4,999) Marty & Carolyn Rasmussen

Gold ($1,000–$2,499)

America First Credit Union Glen & Genette Biddulph Evan & Geraldine Christensen Dr. & Mrs. Fred Clayson Dr. Rosemary Conover & C. Luckey Heath Brent & Vicki Cox

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Rick & Karen Fairbanks Donna & Ralph Friz Paul C. & Cindy Kunz Drs. Jean & Richard Miller Dr. Judith Mitchell Dr. Robert & Eleanor Newman Suzy Patterson

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Ralph Nye Charitable Foundation Dr. Carolyn Rich-Denson Dr. Harry & Becky Senekjian Glenn & Connie Wimer

FRIENDS OF ONSTAGE OGDEN Silver ($500–$999)

Kay Ballif Marlene Barnett Mary & Lee Forrest Carter Lynne & Steven Carter Dr. Douglas Deis Doug & Shelley Felt Marlin Jensen

Bronze ($100–$499)

Anonymous (3) Lyle & LaVon Allen Vickie Anderson Zana Anderson Phil & Melanee Berger Laura Burkhard Brad & Lynn Carroll Valerie Chambers Sharon Charley Kitty Chatelain Dr. Allen & Janis Christensen Cathay Christiansen Ellie Cole Phyllis Combe Kim & Becky Crumbo Lynn & Natalie Dearden Golden & Sharon Decker DeLoris & Dale Dorius Diana Dunkley Sherry Eckert Janet & Steven Evans Madelon Fallows Thomas Fearn Jill Flamm Christopher Ford Linda Forest Pete Fowler Cirilo Franco Pat Fuller David & Ruth Ann Gladwell Dennis Gladwell Jock Glidden Nancy Green Jeff Gyllenskog

Judy & Leon Jones Melissa & Jon Klein Jan & Jerome Luger Ivaloo Lund Willis McCree & John Fromer Scott & Pam Parkinson Cary & Wendy Roberts

Eloise Runolfson Greg & Susan Shreeve Jonathan & Beverly Souder Joyce & Robert Stillwell Richard & Judy Webber Dr. Michael & Jennifer Webb Hal Wheelwright

Kim & Becky Hale Terry Hartman-Smith Deborah Heaney Dr. William & Barbara Hughes Dr. Michael & Lori Jacobazzi Melba & Denis Kirby Knights of Colombus #14399 Andrea Lane William & Sarah Lindsay Val & Karen Lofgreen Jeanette Long Eugene & Pat Low Sharon Macfarlane David Malone & Madonne Miner Dwayne Manful Frank & Sharon Markos Erika Martin Sandy & Phillip Maxwell Evalyn McBurnie Andy & Susan Mccrady James & Jennifer McGregor Kathryn Miano Wayne & Nada Miller Dr. Mark & Meg Naisbitt Dr. & Mrs. Noel Nellis Gary & Marilyn Newman Arthur & Ruth Nielsen Audra Norby Ogden Chapter of MacDowell Ensemble Tina Olsen Cheryl Orme

Michael Palumbo Donald Pantone Jeff Paulson Paul & Sandra Perkin Juergen Sass Leland Sather Heath Satow Mary & Howard Schuyler Shane & Pamela Schvaneveldt Sempre Musical Society Darin & Jo Sjoblom Denise Sly Keith & Marlys Sorbo Edward & Mari Lou Steffen Ned & Sheila Stephens Darlene Stoddard Edna Stratford Jeneile Tams Jeane Taylor Patti Van Aarle Lucinda & Phillip Wagner Bruce & Kay Wallace Andrew & Suzanne Wall Brent & Gloria Wallis Gerald & Ann Walters Sheldon & Janice Ward Barbara & Gerald West Kent & Trudy Whiteman Jon & Dawnene Wilson Carl & Helgard Wolfram Harry & Marilyn Woodbury Larry Zaugg

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FRIENDS OF ONSTAGE OGDEN 70th Anniversary Club ($70–$99) Marsha Ashby Russell Ashment Paul & Georgia Bennion Evelyn Bertilson Renee Bohman & Jolene Kobe Laura & Randy Browne Kathleen Price Browning Child Culture Club Ray & Betty Christian Stephen & Judy Farr Gerry & Dixie Funk

Memorial Donations

Phyllis Combe in Memory of Charles Combe Zana Anderson in Memory of Mary Irvine Beverly Heslop & Family Donation in Memory of G. Val Lofgreen

Janice Grajek David & Joan Hadley Mary Hargis William & Jackie Jones Steve Kier Taylor Knuth & Sean Bishop Jody & Blake Leatham James & Deborah Lindstrom Roy & Barbara McKechnie Dr. Rand & Cynthia Mattson Mary Mcmillen

Debra Nielson Claude & Barbara Nix Marsha Ohlwiler Camille Pollard Myrth Priest Sherman Smith Lynne Starley Roberta & Kent West Jan Zehner

Evaline McBurnie in Memory of Ronald L. Wooden & Joseph B. Terry

Gerald & Ann Walters in Memory of Pat Parkinson

Barbara Mayhew In Memory of Pat Parkinson

Sharon Macfarlane in Memory of Verna Egbert & Val Lofgreen

ADD YOUR NAME TO OUR LIST OF AMAZING DONORS! Support Onstage Ogden with Donations of: Cash in the form of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cash, Check, Credit Cards, Money Orders, Etc. Securities in the form of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stocks, Bonds, Mutual Funds, Etc. Planned gifts in the form of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wills, Bequests, Trusts, Annuities, Etc. Gifts-in-kind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Services and tangible items to offset budgeted items Matching gifts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Inquire with your Company’s HR department

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